Police: Drunken couple ditch kids; mom denies they're hers

Mom denies children were hers, police say

A mother and her live-in boyfriend are facing charges that they became intoxicated at a CityPlace restaurant and left her two children behind.

West Palm Beach police arrested Amanda Marsh, 28, and Perry Buesking, 44, in a parking garage Saturday morning. A probable cause affidavit said the pair was intoxicated at B.B. King's Restaurant & Blues Club and a server asked them to leave.

A short time later, two boys, aged 7 and 10, came to the restaurant asking about the whereabouts of their mother, staffers told police. Two employees went out in search of the couple and found them in the parking garage, the affidavit said. An employee told police that when she asked Marsh about her boys, she denied having children.

Amanda Marsh and Perry Buesking are accused of going out for drinks and abandoning her kids; and then when confronted, Marsh allegedly denied that the two young boys were hers.

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Amanda Marsh and Perry Buesking are accused of going out for drinks and abandoning her kids; and then when confronted, Marsh allegedly denied that the two young boys were hers.

Police were called and they said Marsh again refused to admit the children were hers, adding that she was combative during her arrest. Buesking tried to walk away from arresting officers, they said.

The boys were taken into protective custody.

West Palm Beach Capt. Dave Bernhardt said the restaurant staff should be commended for their actions.

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